So I've learned a few things while knitting on this shawl. The main one is that I really should have been alternating every couple rows between 2 skeins of yarn. It has some pooling issues and it's really a bit disappointing. But if I can pass it off as something that you want....more to myself than the recipient....maybe it'll work.
This picture is miserable colorwise, but shows the swirliness (if it isn't a word, it should be) of the colors.
This is a better picture as far as the colors go but is out of focus. The camera & I aren't friends today. The color is a bit darker and more bricky but this is pretty close.
The other thing I've got to learn about is how much things grow when blocked. This is supposed to have only 1 repeat left and the pattern says it'll be 55" when it's blocked and done. I don't think so. I can't imagine that it will grow that much. It's 31" right now and I've done 9 repeats. At the rate I'm going it'll be about 34.5" when I'm done. That means it'll have to stretch 20.5". In my book, that's a lot. But like I say it's a learning process.
Actually I don't think 55" is long enough to start with so I'll be doing more repeats anyway. Also I had planned on doing one of these for each DDIL. By the looks of this one I might be "giving" it to myself and starting another one for one of the DDILs and something else for the other one. I don't think I could handle doing 3 of these in a row. o.O
Tomorrow is a break from knitting. Not that I really want a break but am required to work at our church's fall fundraising dinner. Pork roast, mashed potatoes, really excellent gravy, corn, cole slaw and a huge assortment of desserts. I'm roasting 2 of the roasts. Lipton's onion soup mix and a roasting bag for a few hours.
I'm also on to make coffee. I don't drink coffee and the gal I'm on with to make the coffee doesn't either. So how do you think that will turn out?? Two non coffee drinkers making the coffee in a Scandinavian/German community that loves it's coffee. Uff. (Yes, I'm Norwegian. I just don't drink the stuff!) If I could get canned from a job it would be the coffee making at the church dinner. They never can anyone though!
